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Leah Coming's avatar

The parked car scenes from The Dutch House stick in my mind that way, too--more vivid than almost anything else I've read in years. Maeve stays with me because she is such an odd mix of stubborn/stuck and generous/expansive.

I finished O Pioneers! tonight and it destroyed me! But the Cather I would recommend first is The Song of the Lark.

Jane Wageman's avatar

I love Maeve. And the temporal structure of that novel--the way it moves back and forth so fluidly in time--was so perfect.

I've only read My Antonia, so I'll have to add more Cather to my list. Writing both of those down right now!

Sari Fordham's avatar

Some good mid-life reads:

Soil by Camille Dungy

Animal Instinct by Amy Shearn

Year of No Garbage by Eve Schaub

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

Circe by Madeline Miller

Jane Wageman's avatar

Thank you! I’ll definitely add these to the list.

Renée Darline Roden's avatar

I loved Orbital! I think you would really love Stoneyard Devotional if you haven't read it yet. Loved reading excerpts of Headache! Definitely want to read the whole thing

Jane Wageman's avatar

I have Stoneyard Devotional on hold at the library right now-- hoping it comes in soon! I read about it multiple places, but I think you may have been one of them. And yes, there are some excellent parts of Headache. The structure of it is just a bit frustrating, and some of the points near the end weren't as convincing. But still a good read.